Cells Vocabulary

having or consisting of multiple cells, as in multicellular organisms

• unicellular

• multicellular

• single-celled

• cell theory

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having or consisting of a single cell

• unicellular

• multicellular

• cell theory

• many cells

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the scientific theory that all living things are made of cells, that the cell is the basic unit of life, and that all cells come from other cells

• unicellular

• cell theory

• multicellular

• single-celled

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a protective structure that encloses a cell and controls what enters and leaves the cell

• cell membrane

• cytoplasm

• cell wall

• mitochondria

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a gel-like substance that fills the inside of a cell

• cell wall

• mitochondria

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

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a small cell structure that makes proteins

• golgi body

• cytoplasm

• ribosome

• lysosome

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a large organelle that contains a cell’s DNA; only found in some cell types. Controls the cell

• DNA

• ribosome

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

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organelles that convert energy in nutrients into usable energy

• nucleus

• endoplasmic reticulum

• mitochondria

• ribosome

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a membrane-enclosed structure in a cell that performs a certain function for the cell

• unicellular

• organelle

• cytoplasm

• cell membrane

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a cell structure that uses the sun’s energy to make sugar through the process of photosynthesis

• protein

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• endoplasmic reticulum

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